WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WW II MOVIE STARS?

Here's where they were during the war.
Hope you find this as informative as I did, be sure to scroll to the bottom.

In contrast to the ideals, opinions and feelings of today's "Hollywonk" the
real actors of yester-year loved the United States.

They had both class and integrity. With the advent of World War II many of our
actors went to fight rather than stand and rant against this country we all
love.

They gave up their wealth, position and fame to become service men &women,
many as simple "enlisted men".

This page lists but a few, but from this group of only 18 men came over 70
medals in honor of their valor, spanning from Bronze Stars, Silver Stars,
Distinguish Service Cross', Purple Hearts and one Congressional Medal of
Honor.

So remember; while the "Entertainers of 2004" have been in all of the news
media lately I would like to remind the people of what the entertainers of
1943 were doing, (61 years ago).

Most of these brave men have since passed on.

Real Hollywood Heroes

Alec Guinness (Star Wars) operated a British Royal Navy landing craft on
D-Day.

James Doohan ("Scotty" on Star Trek) landed in Normandy with the U. S. Army on
D-Day.

Donald Pleasance (The Great Escape) really was an R. A. F. pilot who was shot
down, held prisoner and tortured by the Germans.

David Niven was a Sandhurst graduate and Lt. Colonel of the British Commandos
in Normandy.

James Stewart Entered the Army Air Force as a private and worked his way to
the rank of Colonel. During World War II, Stewart served as a bomber pilot,
his service record crediting him with leading more than 20 missions over
Germany, and taking part in hundreds of air strikes during his tour of duty.
Stewart earned the Air Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, France's Croix
de Guerre, and 7 Battle Stars during World War II. In peace time, Stewart
continued to be an active member of the Air Force as a reservist, reaching the
rank of Brigadier General before retiring in the late 1950s.

Clark Gable was a Mega-Movie Star when the war broke out. Although beyond the draft age
at the time the U.S. entered WW II, Clark Gable enlisted as a private in the U.S. Air
Force on Aug. 12, 1942 at Los Angeles. He attended the Officers' Candidate
School at Miami Beach, Fla. and graduated a second lieutenant on Oct. 28,
1942. After attending aerial gunnery school and in Feb. 1943 he was assigned
to the 351st Bomb Group at Polebrook where flew operational missions over
Europe in B-17s.
Capt. Gable returned to the U.S. in Oct. 1943 and was relieved from active
duty as a major on Jun. 12, 1944 at his own request, since he was over-age for
combat.

Charlton Heston was an Army Air Corps Sergeant in Kodiak.

Earnest Borgnine was a U. S. Navy Gunners Mate 1935-1945.

Charles Durning was a U. S. Army Ranger at Normandy earning a Silver Star and
awarded the Purple Heart.

Charles Bronson was a tail gunner in the Army Air Corps, more specifically on
B-29s in the 20th Air Force out of Guam, Tinian, and Saipan

George C. Scott was a decorated U. S. Marine.

Eddie Albert (Green Acres TV) was awarded a Bronze Star for his heroic action
as a U. S. Naval officer aiding Marines at the horrific battle on the island
of Tarawa in the Pacific Nov. 1943.

Brian Keith served as a U.S. Marine rear gunner in several actions against the
Japanese on Rabal in the Pacific.

Lee Marvin was a U.S. Marine on Saipan during the Marianas campaign when he
was wounded earning the Purple Heart.

John Russell: In 1942, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he received a
battlefield commission and was wounded and highly decorated for valor at
Guadalcanal.

Robert Ryan was a U. S. Marine who served with the O. S. S. in Yugoslavia.

Tyrone Power (an established movie star when Pearl Harbor was bombed) joined
the U.S. Marines, was a pilot flying supplies into, and wounded Marines out
of, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

And Audie Murphy, little 5'5" tall 110 pound guy from Texas who played cowboy
parts?
He was the Most Decorated serviceman of WWII and earned:

Medal of Honor,
Distinguished
Service Cross,
2 Silver Star Medals,
Legion of Merit,
2 Bronze Star Medals
with "V",
2 Purple Hearts,
U.S. Army Outstanding Civilian Service Medal,
Good
Conduct Medal,
2 Distinguished Unit Emblems,
American Campaign Medal,
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with One Silver Star,
Four
Bronze Service Stars (representing nine campaigns)
and one Bronze Arrowhead
(representing assault landing at Sicily and Southern France)
World War II
Victory Medal
Army of Occupation Medal with Germany Clasp,
Armed Forces
Reserve Medal,
Combat Infantry Badge,
Marksman Badge with Rifle Bar,
Expert
Badge with Bayonet Bar,
French Fourragere in Colors of the Croix de Guerre,
French Legion of Honor,
Grade of Chevalier,
French Croix de Guerre With Silver
Star,
French Croix de Guerre with Palm,
Medal of Liberated France,
Belgian
Croix de Guerre 1940 Palm.

So how do you feel the real heroes of the silver screen acted when
compared to the hollywonks today who spray out anti-American drivel as they
bite the hand that feeds them?
Can you imagine these stars of yester-year saying they hate our flag, making
anti-war speeches, marching in anti-American parades and saying they hate our
president?